The Metro: Detroit Youth Poetry Con shining light on young writers
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. There’s power in writing. Whether it's to jot down a few...
Detroit Evening Report: Dearborn Public Schools offering take home meals to students observing Ramadan
Dearborn Public Schools is providing free meals for students to take home for iftar, the break fast meal during the...
Lawmakers could adopt restrictions this year on phones in schools
A Republican state lawmaker says he hopes Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s support will help get a proposal enacted into law...
The Metro: The past and present of the indigenous sport lacrosse in Detroit
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Long before this city was home to gator shoes, Ford...
The Metro: Should cellphones be restricted in Michigan schools?
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Educators have been sounding the alarm that cellphones disrupt learning. More...
The Metro: Detroit Renaissance girls basketball team wins PSL Championship title
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Renaissance High School boys and girls basketball teams won the city...
Michigan group says Trump’s ‘stop all work’ order puts migrant children at risk
The Trump administration is issuing a “stop work” order to agencies who provide legal help for unaccompanied immigrant children.That affects...
The Metro: Detroit nonprofit renovating vacant school into east side community hub
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Roughly 200 public schools have closed in Detroit between 2000-2015. These...
The Metro: Detroit students navigate a new political climate
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. President Donald Trump said he will shut down the U.S. Department...
The Metro: Should students be paid to attend school?
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, K-12 students across the nation have been missing more school. The percentage of chronically absent students...
Court of Appeals says MDHHS acted too quickly to sever parent’s rights
The Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled the due process rights of a woman who lost parental rights to her...
Michigan Supreme Court to hear youth life without parole challenge
The Michigan Supreme Court will hear cases in January that could decide whether more younger defendants convicted of murder will...
